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When I run sudo apt-get install mediatomb

I get this error:

Reading state information... Done
Package mediatomb is not available, but is referred to by another package.
This may mean that the package is missing, has been obsoleted, or
is only available from another source

E: Package 'mediatomb' has no installation candidate

Is mediatomb no longer supported under 18.04?

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    I don't see mediatomb for 18.04 (packages.ubuntu.com/search?keywords=mediatomb) It was in 'universe' for prior releases, meaning its a community package, so its up to us, the community to package it...
    – guiverc
    May 18, 2018 at 2:13
  • Through the packaging, i found gmediaserver. I'll check that one out. Thanks
    – Ron
    May 18, 2018 at 2:35

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Apparently Mediatomb is now unmaintained. https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/MediaTomb - recommended alternative is Gerbera. https://gerbera.io

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  • I've been using Gerbera and it works great!!
    – Ron
    Aug 19, 2018 at 20:32
  • "Gerbera is proudly built upon MediaTomb 0.12.1 continuing that projects great legacy."
    – nealmcb
    Dec 5, 2020 at 20:03
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You can install mediatomb. Simply download mediatomb package for older Ubuntu version (preferably Artful, or Xenial) and all of its dependencies, then use dpkg to install.

However, it gave me this error when I try to execute sudo apt -f install after installing packages (to resolve dependencies):

Note: this is the rough translation of the message. I'm not using English.

adduser: Warning: directory home `/var/lib/mediatomb' is not owned by user you're creating with.

Conclusion: You can install mediatomb. But I didn't test it as I don't know what to do with.

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